[cuban leaf]

Someone that works, but doesn’t make much.

Keep in mind that the poor in the US today usually have air conditioning, something even the rich did not have in the not too distant past.

And smart phones...

[PhxRising]

Now this is ironic, since CT removed the tollbooths in the early 1980’s because, after wages and expenses, the tolls weren’t actually bringing in that much money.

[hanamizu]

Keep in mind that the poor in the US today usually have air conditioning, something even the rich did not have in the not too distant past.

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My dad moved to Phoenix in the early 60s. Most cars back then didn’t have AC. So you had two choices, 455 AC—4 windows down at 55 mph, or drive with the windows up so that others think you have AC. (It was rather warm in Phoenix in the summer—even before global warming)